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Showing words for CONTEST using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Contest

contest

6 Letter Words for Contest

centos, ceston, contes, cotset, octets, ostent, teston

5 Letter Words for Contest

cento, cents, cones, const, conte, cosen, coset, coste, cotes, cotte, cotts, csnet, escot, estoc, notes, octet, onces, oncet, onset, scent, scone, scote, scott, secno, seton, sonce, steno, stent, stone, tecon, tenso, tents, tones, totes

4 Letter Words for Contest

cens, cent, cest, coes, cone, cons, cont, cose, cost, cote, cots, cott, econ, ecto, ento, eons, eton, nest, nets, noes, nose, note, nots, nott, nsec, once, ones, onst, scet, scot, seco, sect, sent, sett, snot, soce, sone, sten, stet, stot, tens, tent, test, tets, tocs, toes, tone, tons, tose, tote, tots

3 Letter Words for Contest

cen, ceo, cns, con, cos, cot, cst, cte, ctn, cto, cts, eco, ect, enc, ens, eon, eos, esc, est, etc, nco, neo, net, nos, not, oct, oes, one, ons, ont, ose, otc, sct, sec, sen, set, soc, son, sot, tec, ten, tes, tet, tnt, toc, toe, ton, tos, tot, tst

Definitions for Contest

[1] a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize.
[2] struggle for victory or superiority.
[3] strife in argument; dispute; controversy: Their marriage was marred by perpetual contest.
[4] to struggle or fight for, as in battle.
[5] to argue against; dispute: to contest a controversial question; to contest a will.
[6] to call in question: They contested his right to speak.
[7] to contend for in rivalry.
[8] to dispute; contend; compete.
[9] a formal game or match in which two or more people, teams, etc, compete and attempt to win
[10] a struggle for victory between opposing forces or interests
[11] (tr) to try to disprove; call in question
[12] (when intr, foll by with or against ) to fight, dispute, or contend (with) contest an election

Words related to Contest

discussion, tournament, trial, game, sport, meeting, challenge, match, brawl, action, conflict, battle, rivalry, debate, encounter, oppose, litigate, contend, defend, compete

Words nearby Contest

contentious, contentive, contentment, conterminous, contessa, contest, contestant, contestation, context, context of situation, contextomy

Origin of Contest

1595–1605; (v.) < Latin contestāri to call to witness (in a lawsuit), equivalent to con- con- + testārī to testify, derivative of testis witness; (noun) derivative of the v., or < French conteste

Words that may be confused with Contest

contend, contest

Other words from Contest

con·test·a·ble , adjective
con·test·a·ble·ness , noun
con·test·a·bly , adverb
con·test·er , noun
con·test·ing·ly , adverb
pre·con·test , verb (used with object)
pre·con·test , noun
re·con·test , verb
sub·con·test , noun
su·per·con·test , noun
su·per·con·test , verb (used with object)
un·con·test·a·ble , adjective
un·con·test·a·bly , adverb
un·con·test·ed , adjective
un·con·test·ed·ly , adverb
well-con·test·ed , adjective

Word origin for Contest

C16: from Latin contestārī to introduce a lawsuit, from testis witness

Synonyms for Contest

challenge, discussion, game, match, meeting, sport, tournament, trial, meet, proving, testing, trying, concours, rencounter